PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE BREEDEN CO., VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE BREEDEN CO., VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Named CEO in 2022, Faulkner previously served as chief operating officer and president of property management for Breeden, which has about 425 employees in Virginia.
Previously, Faulkner was president and COO of Lawton Lumber, and he also worked for American Coating Technologies and Procter & Gamble. As Breeden’s CEO, he oversees a real estate development and property management company founded more than 60 years ago by Ramon W. Breeden Jr., whom Faulkner succeeded as CEO.
The company has a portfolio of more than 25,000 apartments and 2 million square feet of retail and office space. Breeden appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in 2022 and 2023, with 205% growth attributed to expansions in its third-party construction and property management divisions. In October 2024, Breeden’s $66 million apartment complex Pinnacle on 31st Street in Virginia Beach opened.
A West Point graduate who served in the Army as a platoon leader and personnel officer, Faulkner is a past chair of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s board, and he says that supporting animal protection organizations and protecting the Hampton Roads region from sea-level rise are priorities for him.
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